diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index c033ed0..3b5ac1f 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -463,17 +463,7 @@
 	return __ipv6_addr_diff(a1, a2, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
 }
 
-static __inline__ void ipv6_select_ident(struct frag_hdr *fhdr)
-{
-	static u32 ipv6_fragmentation_id = 1;
-	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ip6_id_lock);
-
-	spin_lock_bh(&ip6_id_lock);
-	fhdr->identification = htonl(ipv6_fragmentation_id);
-	if (++ipv6_fragmentation_id == 0)
-		ipv6_fragmentation_id = 1;
-	spin_unlock_bh(&ip6_id_lock);
-}
+extern void ipv6_select_ident(struct frag_hdr *fhdr, struct rt6_info *rt);
 
 /*
  *	Prototypes exported by ipv6